Saturday, August 18, 2007!
HandWritten on; 11:29 PM
"Mr Lee said that schools must use more interactive teaching methods in place of rote learning.
This is to encourage more thinking, innovative and creative minds, while ensuring the young have strong emotional bonds with fellow Singaporeans and the country at the same time.
"That was the kind of education that my wife and I wanted for our two sons and a daughter. We enrolled them in Nanyang Kindergarten, then Nanyang Primary School. The two boys went on to Catholic High School and the girl stayed on in Nanyang (Girls')High. They have not disappointed their schools or their parents. Five of my seven grandchildren were also in Nanyang Kindergarten and Primary School," Mr Lee said. " -MM Lee; quoted from
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/i was reading reports on nanyang's 90th anniversary online :) i'm so sad i missed the celebration at swissotel last saturday, especially with my dear juniors performing. oh well, i'm sure they did a great job. i remembered last year when we sec4s were stepping down, ms yeo was telling us that there'll be a 90th anniversary dinner in 2007 where MM Lee will be coming and some of the dancers will be performing! haha we were like wowwww and in a blink of an eye, its already over and i guess most of us were too busy to remember and think about it. oh well. happy belated 90th birthday nanyang! :)
i miss nanyang a lot!